KNOWLEDGE BASE

If you drink
alcohol it can lead you to serious problems with your health, especially connection
alcohol and pregnant woman can give
dangerous results to unborn baby.

You could not even know that you are pregnant
at early months of pregnancy and if you drink
a lot at this time, you can harm not only yourself but mostly your child.
We can’t say that there is a safe amount
of alcohol that pregnant woman can drink. Scientists from American Academy
of Pediatrics say that even small amounts
of alcohol while woman is pregnant can increase the risk of many serious
consequences such as miscarriage, stillbirth, prematurity or sudden infant
death syndrome.

Many babies are born with health complications
if their mothers are alcoholic. Such
infants need to stay at the hospital for a long time, because they must be
closely monitor. Some of them may have such issues as cognitive impairments and
learning disabilities. They can also have fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders and birth defects.

If you are drinking alcohol when you are
pregnant, the poison travels with your blood very quickly to your unborn baby.
Anything that pregnant woman consumes goes to her baby, including dangerous
substances like alcohol. It is much
easier for adult people to get rid of
alcohol from their body. For infant it is very difficult. And the more time
alcohol remainin infant’s body, the greater is the risk for damage in his brain
or in other important body organs. It can cause a wide range of health
complications. Especially at the early stages of pregnancy, drinking any amount of alcohol is really very
harmful for baby.

Alcohol and pregnant woman
– health complications

Researches show that 10 percent of pregnant
women in age 18-44, were drinking
alcohol in the past 30 days. They also tell us that women who drink on a
weekly basis pre-pragnancy are up to 50% more likely to drink alcohol while
pregnant. One in three women who drink alcohol during pregnancy binge drink.
They have four or even more alcoholic
drinks in a two hour time period.

It is very hard for alcoholic to say that he is what he is. This is family or friend
who first say it to you, that they recognize that you have a problem. There are
some warning signs, which show drinking behavior
while woman is pregnant :

·She
doesn’t want to go and see a doctor for prenatal care

·She
doesn’t take any nutrients

·She
always says she drink only a small amount of alcohol and it is not harmful for
baby

·She
behaves herself very aggressively and recklessly

·She
forgets about daily responsibilities and tasks at home or at work

Alcoholic woman can affect baby after she even has given
birth. Heavy alcoholuse when woman is breastfeeding is very
dangerous for infant. Alcohol is not
only in her blood but also in her milk. It can take many hours for one drink to
be eliminated from the mother’s body. If mother breastfeeds baby after drinking alcohol it can increased risk
of many problems in her infant health conditions.

It doesn’t have to be this way of course. There
is a help for women who drink a lot
and want to have a baby. If you are alcoholic
it is never too late for you to get help. Specialist can help you with pharmacological
therapy with medication called Naltrexone, before you will decide to become a
mother. There are many rehab programs and you can find something for yourself. If
you are pregnant specialists will monitor both, you and your baby, during detox
and in other stages of your rehab process. You can help yourself and your
unborn child and find the road to recovery right now.